[TowerTalk] Crimp-on connectors for hardline.

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Hi Patrick, the term "hardline" is a catch all for all manner of coax  
cables made with a solid outer conductor.
 
Each type uses a unique connector that typically is installed with a couple 
 of wrenches. The center pin is installed with solder on smallish sizes and 
 mechanically on larger sizes. I don't recall any hardline styles that use 
crimp  connectors but could be wrong about that.
 
The key to proper N connector installation is to jump in and learn how to  
do it. Once you learn how, they are actually easier than installing a PL259. 
You  can start by looking on line for a video. Also, you can learn a lot by 
 disassembling a used connection to see how the coax was prepared.
 
A short piece of heat shrink installed after connector assembly is highly  
recommended to improve robustness and reliability especially where cable 
flexing  will occur.
 
Many times a length of hardline becomes available and mating connectors  
can't be identified or located. This is where ham ingenuity comes to the 
rescue  and substitutes can be homebrewed. 
 
73,
Gerald K5GW
 
 
 
In a message dated 12/4/2014 6:36:37 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
patrick_g at windstream.net writes:

I have  never personally attached a connector to hardline coax and would 
like  
recommendations for connectors, source(s) for same, crimping tool(s)  
needed 
and a good source for those. I'd like suggestions for both N type  as well 
as 
PL-259 type connectors.  I have been successful installing  Solder type 
PL-259 and BNC as well as some crimp types on "regular" coax  of various 
types and have used a number of N type terminated cables but  never 
installed 
one.  I am curious regarding the crimp type.  I  pose these questions here 
because of my confidence in the caliber of  experience and abilities I have 
witnessed in so many different aspects of  our hobby.

73,

Patrick    NJ5G


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